Illapel weather in May

In May, Illapel sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 40 mm of rain across 3.7 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Illapel's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Illapel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 40 mm; 3.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 8:29 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Illapel is city in Chile.

Density: 3,467/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1752

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical May day in Illapel reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

Illapel weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 14°	1	0.3	13.8	9.6
Feb	24° / 14°	1	0.2	13.2	9.6
Mar	23° / 13°	6	1	12.2	9.2
Apr	20° / 10°	13	2.1	11.2	8.1
May	18° / 8°	40	3.7	10.4	6.7
Jun	15° / 6°	74	5.2	10	5.4
Jul	15° / 5°	48	5.2	10.1	5.2
Aug	16° / 6°	50	5.1	10.8	5.7
Sep	17° / 8°	22	3.9	11.8	6.6
Oct	19° / 9°	14	2.4	12.8	7.7
Nov	22° / 11°	3	1	13.6	8.7
Dec	23° / 13°	2	0.4	14	9.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	72	71	70	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	62	60	60	59	59	58	57	57	56	55	56	56	55	55	55	56	56	56	56
Cloudier (%)	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	38	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	64	36
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Illapel gets around 40 mm of rain over 3.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 12% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	8
10	9
11	9
12	10
13	10
14	11
15	11
16	12
17	12
18	13
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	17
31	17

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:19 AM to 8:39 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 6:45 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:19	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:38	8:39
Sunset (PM)	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	8:19	7:05
2	10.7	8:19	7:04
3	10.7	8:20	7:03
4	10.7	8:21	7:02
5	10.7	8:21	7:01
6	10.6	8:22	7:01
7	10.6	8:23	7:00
8	10.6	8:24	6:59
9	10.6	8:24	6:58
10	10.5	8:25	6:57
11	10.5	8:26	6:56
12	10.5	8:26	6:56
13	10.5	8:27	6:55
14	10.4	8:28	6:54
15	10.4	8:28	6:53
16	10.4	8:29	6:53
17	10.4	8:30	6:52
18	10.3	8:31	6:51
19	10.3	8:31	6:51
20	10.3	8:32	6:50
21	10.3	8:33	6:50
22	10.3	8:33	6:49
23	10.2	8:34	6:49
24	10.2	8:35	6:48
25	10.2	8:35	6:48
26	10.2	8:36	6:47
27	10.2	8:36	6:47
28	10.2	8:37	6:46
29	10.1	8:38	6:46
30	10.1	8:38	6:46
31	10.1	8:39	6:45

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.91 kWh/m² to a high of 9.1 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Illapel?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Illapel for sightseeing.

What to pack for Illapel in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Illapel sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Illapel in May

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 43 km away) is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	15	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	15	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	15	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Illapel in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Illapel peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	11	6	4	3	4	5	7	11	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Illapel?

Illapel sits at 31.6°S, 71.2°W, 312 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Los Vilos, 44 km away.

Topography around Illapel

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Illapel.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Illapel has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 501 m around an average of 433 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,467 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,695 m.

The land around Illapel is covered by shrubs (36%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, shrubs (53%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and shrubs (32%), grassland (25%) and bare terrain (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

501 m

shrubs 36%

16 km

1,467 m

shrubs 53%

80 km

4,695 m

shrubs 32%

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← April Illapel year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Los Vilos 44 km · Cabildo 89 km · La Ligua 91 km · Ovalle 115 km · Putaendo 118 km · Hacienda La Calera 128 km · La Calera 128 km · San Felipe 131 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Illapel (-31.6335°, -71.1697°, elevation 312 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	64	36
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	8
10	9
11	9
12	10
13	10
14	11
15	11
16	12
17	12
18	13
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	64	36
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	8
10	9
11	9
12	10
13	10
14	11
15	11
16	12
17	12
18	13
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	64	36
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	8
10	9
11	9
12	10
13	10
14	11
15	11
16	12
17	12
18	13
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100